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SCRS Offers Documentation on Tinting to a Blendable Match

In response to a growing number of instances where insurance carriers have limited claims settlements for either "tinting" or "blending" individually, but not reimbursed for the operations mutually, the Society of Collision Repair Specialists (SCRS) polled the refinish manufacturers on tint and blend procedures and posted their responses on its website to help repairers substantiate

Win $1,000 and $500 Gift Certificates by Signing Up for BodyShop Business Conference & Trade Show!

Register to attend the 2011 BodyShop Business Conference & Trade Show by April 28, and you’ll be eligible to win one of three gift certificates to spend with one of the 30-plus vendors exhibiting at the BodyShop Business Trade Show on May 5 in at the Pheasant Run Resort in St. Charles, Ill. One lucky

SCRS and Affiliates Issue Letter to EPA Regional Offices on 6H Rule

In a letter released on Monday, April 4, 2011, the Society of Collision Repair Specialists (SCRS) and 26 of its Affiliate Associations requested more stringent interpretation from the 10 U.S. EPA regional offices regarding the exemptions listed in the EPA 6H Rule. The letter specifically addresses the growing use of 3 oz. paint cups to

Accudraft Takes it Outside

Accudraft, a specialist in high-production spraybooths and finishing equipment built for speed and non-stop performance, has introduced outdoor versions of its products. The new outdoor setups allow indoor shop areas to be maximized. The company is working with a repair facility to create an outdoor work campus consisting of four Accudraft TITAN Spray Booths with

High-Performance Masking Tape

AquaMask (AM) is a cost-effective masking tape designed to perform in many demanding automotive refinishing applications. The rubber-based adhesive provides secure adhesion to both painted and bare metals and plastics, yet removes cleanly without adhesive residue, paint “flaking” from the backside or surface staining. It’s UV-resistant up to three days, resists paint flaking and wet

Improve Paint Edge and Jamb Masking

Paint professionals looking to improve their paint “edge” and jamb masking will find what they’re looking for with the new 3M Soft Edge Foam Masking Tape PLUS. It incorporates a hollow tubular foam construction that allows painters to easily mask wide and narrow jambs in one simple step. The shape compresses and conforms to the

Spraybooth Air Filters

For over 30 years, Viskon-Aire Corp. has engineered and manufactured air filters and related products for use in a wide range of spraybooths. Viskon-Aire says its products are manufactured to the highest of quality standards and designed to create the cleanest operating environment in the most cost-effective, energy efficient manner. Visit www.viskon-aire.com or call (800)

AkzoNobel Schedules U.S. Launch of Wanda Waterbase Basecoat System

After being launched into the Canadian collision repair market segment in February, AkzoNobel’s highly anticipated Wanda Waterbase basecoat system will be available to the U.S. collision repair industry in the early second quarter of 2011. Built on Wanda’s core proposition of simplicity, color and value, AkzoNobel says the new Wanda Waterbase basecoat system provides an

Body Shops, Insurers Still at Odds Over Feather, Prime and Block

Collision repairers should be charging for feather, primeand block as a paint procedure, not a body procedure. Yet that is not happeningin Jon Griesenbeck’s area, and he is not happy about it. Griesenbeck of Euro Specialty, Inc., in Roanoke, Va.,recently had trouble getting reimbursed properly for feather, prime and blockfrom State Farm and says he’s

Michigan Paint Mixing Equipment Manufacturer Celebrates 70th Anniversary

As Dedoes Industries of Walled Lake, Mich., celebrates its 70th anniversary this year, owner Nancy Dedoes Amberger recalls how the company she owns came to be the only manufacturer of paint mixing equipment for the automotive and industrial refinish industries in the United States. “When my grandfather heard of Henry Ford and his success, he